Height : To Tip

237.5m

TAIPEI 101,TAIPEI
Floors Above Ground
101
Floor Below Ground
5
Number of Elevators
61
Top Elevator Speed
16.83 m/s

Floors Above Ground

54
Floor Below Ground
3
Number of Elevators
75
Top Elevator Speed
7 m/s

ARCHITECT
C. Y. Lee
COMPLETION DATE
1999 - 2004

Height : To Tip
508m

ARCHITECT

Rem Koolhass, Ole Scheen

COMPLETION DATE
2004-2012

Figure 1

CCTV HEADQUARTER , BEIJING

Figure 2

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Figure 3

Principle of the tube structure regular grid of column and

edge beams + patterned diagonal bracing = braced tube system.

Taipei 101 interior

Figure 5

The CCTV
foundation
system.

Internal columns
starting from pile
cap level.

Exo-skeletons Structure

Internal columns
supported on
transfer
structures.

Outrigger Structure

Figure 6

Figure 4

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CCTV DIAGRAM

2 alternative exit directions

Approx. 51 min stair exit time
Figure 7

TAIPEI 101 DIAGRAM

1 alternative exit direction

Approx. 117 min stair exit time
Figure 8

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SLABS

MAIN STEEL STRUCTURE WITH REINFORCEMENT

ADDITIONAL ORTHOGONAL STEEL STRUCTURE
DIAGRID STEEL STRUCTURE
VERTICAL STRUCTURE
INNER GLASS FACADE
FAADE GRID STRUCTURE

Figure 9

OUTER GLASS FACADE

Tuned mass damper were used

to stabilize the structure from
the horizontal motion from
wind and earthquakes.

OUTER STEEL WITH REINFORCEMENT

Massive Belt steel Trusses

span between the columns on
every eight floor.

SuperColumn
The structure reinforced by a
moment frame system linking
the columns on all floors.

Shear Wall

Pillings
Figure 10

Figure 11

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Figure 12

Column were holding

together with outrigger
trusses

Column,
diagonals
and
bracing are the framing
system
which
insuring
internal cores transfer
minimal amounts of gravity
load.

columns are box

sections constructed of
steel plates, and filled
with concrete

the cantilever overhang Bearing

structure gives strength to the
building to support

Figure 14
Figure 13

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CCTV HEADQUATER
Cores remain vertical despite Tower Slope
Flexibility of use / layouts

Figure 17
Figure 15

TAIPEI 101

Figure 16

Help to resist the movements of the

building

Flexibility of use

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Reference
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FIG 5:
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FIG 9: Yeoh 2011, Precedent Study | CCTV, Beijing, AY, viewed 20 August 2015, https://aaaronyeoh.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/cctv-beijin/
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FIG 11: Binder, G 2008, Taipei 101, Images Publishing, Mulgrave, Victoria.
FIG 12:Design Boom, 2015, OMA:CCTV headquarters now complete, viewed 20 August 2015 www.design.com/architecture/oma-cctv-headquarters-now-complete/
FIG 13:Binder, G 2008, Taipei 101, Images Publishing, Mulgrave, Victoria
FIG 14:Joji Mathew 2013, Burj khalifa-mode of construction, SlideShare, viewed 19 Aug 2015, http://www.slideshare.net/jojikulangara/burj-khalifamode-ofconstruction
FIG 15:Design Boom, 2015, OMA:CCTV headquarters now complete, viewed 20 August 2015 www.design.com/architecture/oma-cctv-headquarters-now-complete/
FIG 16:Peter Bach 2009, CCTV Building, A Structural Design Overview, SlideShare, viewed 15 Aug 2015, http://www.slideshare.net/peterbach/cctv-building-astructural-design-overview

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Faculty of
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STRUCTURE
CORE
26, no. 2, pp. 69.

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